Sigurd Skogestad

Sigurd Skogestad is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at NTNU in Trondheim, specializing in process control. He has held this position since 1987, following his PhD from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in 1987. From 1999 to 2009, he served as Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering. Since 2015, he has directed the SUBPRO center for research-based innovation, focusing on subsea production and processing.

Education:

• PhD in Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology (Caltech), 1987

Research Interests: His work emphasizes advanced control strategies, including control structure design, plantwide control systems, and optimal operation of process systems. He explores robust control methodologies, PID control applications, and distillation column dynamics. Modeling for control and subsea production systems are central to his current research through the SUBPRO initiative.

Leadership & Roles:

• Director of SUBPRO Center (since 2015)
• Past Head of Department of Chemical Engineering (1999–2009)

Labs/Teams: Leads the SUBPRO center, a collaborative research effort advancing subsea production technologies.